NXP Semiconductors i.MX RT600 Ultra-Low Power MCU

i.MX RT series is NXP's line of crossover MCUs, bridging the gap between the traditional MCUs and the applications processor space, allowing MCU customers a path for significant performance and integration improvements, without sacrificing ease-of-use.

i.MX RT600 is the latest product in the i.MX RT series, and offers significant differentiation compared to other i.MX RT products. The i.MX RT600 is the first i.MX RT series using the Cortex-M33 core, coupled with the Cadence® Tensilica® HiFi 4 DSP.  It is optimized for consumer, low-power applications.

Key features

• High Performance, Real-time Processing
• Low Power
• Rich Integration
• Advanced Security

Additional features

High Performance, Real-time Processing:

• Arm® Cortex®-M33 running up to 300 MHz with ultra-fast real-time responsiveness
• Cadence® Tensilica® HiFi 4 audio DSP running up to 600 MHz with Quad 32x32 MAC
• Cryptography and Math Accelerators for security and complex algorithms
• Up to 4.5 MB on-chip SRAM with zero wait-state access for critical code and data

Low Power:

• 28 nm FD-SOI process optimized for both active and leakage power

 Rich Integration:

• Quad/Octal SPI Flash & PSRAM memory interface with on-the-fly memory decryption
• USB 2.0 HS OTG interface with PHY
• Flexible interfacing through 8x Flexcomms - support up to 8x SPI, 8x I2C, 8x UART, 4x I2S channels (total 8 instances)
• Two SD/eMMC memory card interfaces
• Digital microphone interface supporting up to 8 channels

Advanced Security:

• Secure boot with immutable hardware root-of-trust
• SRAM Physically Unclonable Function (PUF) based unique key storage
• Acceleration for symmetric (AES-256 & SHA2-256) and asymmetric cryptography (ECC & RSA)
• Optional fuse-based root key storage mechanism

Applications

• Audio Equipment
• Voice Assisted Products
• Headphones
• Smart Speakers
• Game Controllers

Available tools

Development Board Enablement: MIMXRT685-EVK

• Supports development of MIMXRT685 and MIMXRT633 MCUs
• Octal SPI Flash and PSRAM memories
• Audio codec with a stereo line in and line out
• Dual DMICs
• DMIC expansion connector supporting up to 8 DMICs
• Micro USB supporting host or device operation
• Arduino® interface
• 10-pin and 20-pin SWD connectors
• On-board debug probe

Software Enablement 

MCUXpresso SDK

• Extensive suite of robust peripheral drivers, stacks, and middleware
• Includes software examples demonstrating the use of peripheral drivers and middleware

Supported Integrated Development Environments (IDE)

• MCUXprersso IDE
• IAR® Embedded Workbench
• Arm® Keil® Microcontroller Development Kit

MCUXpresso Config Tools

• An integrated suite of configuration tools that helps guide users from first evaluation to production software development
• Includes pins, clocks, and peripheral tools for the generation of MCUXpresso SDK code

Full Cadence® Tensilica® Xplorer tools

• Support for Hi-Fi 4 DSP development